The Flight of Sleipnir

A legacy derived from the Earth Passed down from those who fell An ancestry forged from iron A Birthright to the next of kin “I Inherit the Sword, The blood upon it still warm The lives it had claimed, All now in my possession” From my forefathers hand to...

With words that weigh a thousand stones And axes cleave through mortal bones Wise men follow the black-bird’s call That echo through the ancient halls Banquets rot in the halls of kings Empires sink as warriors sing Scepters clasped in bloody hands Oceans swa...

Among the leaves of the Ash There Stand Four Where hence fall the rivers From stags horn And within the water The Elk-Sedge grows With a touch so simple Blood of severed hands flow And as waters rise tall, there looking down are four Harts of Valhal And within...

With only the comfort of the rain To wash away my doubts I stand among a thousand men I keep the company of death With the strength of my brothers I will emerge To end the lives of my enemy I will prevail Only now in this moment in time Has anything, ever be...

She danced around fire In an old cloistered grove The forest her temple The trees pierce the night sky Black spires against silver light The gods, they all love her They bestowed upon her the dawn Birds circle above her The wolf heeds to her call Awak...

Onward to the roots of the ash tree to bargain my desire for wisdom And now I drink from the well And so i gouge out my eye The future I now behold My sons shall inherit the north Wisdom calls for sacrifice! I know where the treasure is hid Sing songs o...

As I wake In the darkness And I look around There is no sound It's so tranquil It's so calm like you But now I hear a noise Is there any way to out of this nightmare Baby I'm alone now And you're laughing at me But I take life In a way that you coul...

Emerge from the evening mist Congregation with torches lit A solemn path to stone filled shores A ship awaits for the voyage home Corpse in ceremonial form With sword and shield adorned Kinsmen silent in mourning The ravens call resounding From midst...

Beneath red skies retribution arise Carven flesh 'neath iron's gaze Spires of bone shelter claret quills In pools of blood does the eagle wade Outstretched wings within an osseous rage Lifeless eyes reflect a kingsman's scorn Talons grip upon a broken c...

Gaze into birchfire, freezing rain Forlorn vision declared with flame Descending twilight falls on me In acrid smoke a girl stands plain Her armored gates, her walls up high Her famine sword, a trickster’s scion Unto her bow down nine worlds Hel’s abyss, we de...

Far and away, three maidens weave the tapestry of fate Four winds in autumn blaze approaching desolation Darker days Witness winter's scorn into nothingness I am reborn Distant fires burn and you will surely hear of my return Take from the earth, black...

"I will enter the hall of my fathers Greeted with ale and song Of my death I shall not lament As they all welcome me home I gladly depart from this life I shall be carried towards the skies To sit and drink among the Aesir To laugh in the face of death"...

Phantom spirits arise From the graves of fallen men Black clouds gather nigh Whispered words choke rotting flesh Apparitions manifest From beyond the mortal realm Strength of will, thoughts without rest Invincible to the mortal axe “I hear the labored scre...

Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And...

From wandering heights to oceans deep I defied the will of man, I opposed the god's decree Three maidens of the wood hath brought me here I journeyed deep within to the point of no return As I look below upon the forest floor The leaves of autumn's wind speaks...

As great kings rise, so do they fall So strands of fate end, as the weavers of looms die But the tapestry remains.... As stones in the Earth, as songs in the wind From father to son No man could foresee a hundred thousand swords fallen Felled by the wo...

Wretched beast in chain One league beneath the earth Forged of elements strange The treachery seen in his fate From age's and aeons passed With dreams of devouring the sun He eagerly awaits the blood of the chieftain enthroned Dawn of the end From Dar...

There beyond winter’s frost Revive all growth that once was lost Through Forests shadowed from light of day Vitality forgotten within the shades so grey Long winter’s cold hath passed Now spring has come at last Gather warmth within the light Before four winte...

Rapacious nature, shameless greed All deplore her vanity They smote the witch With their lances fierce They cast her to the fire, They looked on in disbelief As she arose up from the pyre, From the embers renewed With a mystery of spells Thrice burnt...

He found himself upon rival shores The storm had cast him to this fated soil Scattered around him, his ship lay in ruin And from the wreckage emerged his plight Unwise men approach without restrain Subjected to a northern wrath Among the sand and stone,...

Struggle against the winds To tether the sails of this craft A journey for you to begin The elders show you the path My journey takes me Far and wide I’ll show you my struggles against the tide Distant and far I will always roam My thoughts return to...

Confined behind stone walls Apprehended, bound by chains A man amidst the wolves A man certain of his demise Apprehensive remained the king If truly he has captured the one Beware the wrath of his kin A sanguinary threat you must heed "No sword hast c...

Treachery has befallen our father! The oath, pledged with sword and mail Iron will restore his honor Black clouds emerge from southern skies Fire gleams from irate eyes Vehement winds blow tensions high Upon his flesh we wrest our chains Ready hands hol...

Through the corridor, serpent's hallow awaits Within their coils now rests his fate Entangled, unwilling to relinquish sentience Afflicted by the burning sting of circumstance Unable to change this unfortunate out come He must abandon all that remains of...

Upon dead trees black birds sing Like a choir of ghosts with solemn oaths Their tragic song which echos on Through pillars of ice, through frozen halls A ballad destined in time to fade Like the remnants of heroes slain Days of blood soaked earth lay wa...

Swords stained with blood, spears splintered from war From glorious battle, our heroes return Swords chipped from bone, shields cracked and worn A victory with them bring, so our heroes sing: Hailsa! My friend, war is at end! We'll drink wine to our glory...

The Ancient sun sets, I rise again I rise again Journey Long and toilsome I stand before the spring before the spring Waters flow beneath me the eyes of the one who knows the one who knows Water which spouts my judgment Nine worlds my final home My final...

Brothers will fight and kill each other Cousins will destroy kinship It is hard on the world Much whoredom An axe age, A sword age, shields are split A wind age A wolf age, before the world falls No man will spare another Loud blows Heimdall. the ho...

Tread high peaks Hidden gold Insult draws sword Blood drips from cord Foul, thirst quenched O’ crimson sate Then roasted heart Flesh to partake Lo! That speech of which I hear Of larks, Nuthatches, sky dwellers Their intent made clear to me Nothi...

There before the rising sun In twilight ravens wings are drawn Thought sent out to horizons edge Memories of the words of men -"With dusk brings the end of day, while the last fragments of light remain Silhouettes disappear in growing night No sight no...

"It does us no honor to quarrel about what we have done Greater than the other, over ale in the high-seat. You stood upon the helm as waves bore it through the sound And I sat in the hull as we rode into the harbor." 

He no longer felt the wing of winters wind Standing tall, focused on what lies ahead And as waters flow above the river blood Currents carry with them a malicious intent Blinding reflections from the solstice sun Across the water, our pathway gleams The...

"None shall sing more loudly My song rings louder than iron upon bone! None will boast as heavy as I My sons will never eclipse my might!" "Hear not the cries of your dying A silent hymn that dead men sing Hear only sounds of silver coins Falling befor...

Chariot gleams in golden sun Elude the world with two horses drawn Sky ablaze with daughter’s fire With her fortune brings a new light Upon cosmic tides, endlessly she rides Celestial fire burns bright Eclipsing the canopy of night Beyond shines infinit...

The casting takes place Secret of steel entwined when read Life fading in like flames of solstice suns For when it is ready Reveal that to me Enter into ancestral recall Delve into oceans deep in the past …perhaps then it could possibly be Fair when he...

A congregation before the fairest of gods No ills or harm befalls him, a greater glory there's none The oaths, they had been made The promises had been sworn A lone tree forgotten, fair mistletoe so young Within the walls of Valhal, the Aesir challenge hi...

I am the peaks and crags, Carved by wind and rain I am the sword and shield Battlefields of yore I am your final breath, I am your mortal death I am the end begun, I am the setting sun 

When darkness ceased When light shines through I become embraced by her To look upon the mountain To tread the halls of doom To find my way home 

Out from the mist she came Wet from the morning rain Her hand stretched out to me Her face without expression And then she spoke unto me A foresight of destiny Her eyes a gateway beyond Her presence Divine She weaves the thread of fate She sees what the futur...

Within the void, the mighty deep Lies below a serpent ring Beneath its coils rest earth and stone Against its skin black waters flow It reaches beyond the grasp of man Stretching further than a mortal’s glance No wisdom will see its final day For it ends whe...

What no one knows on Earth nor Heaven Mjolnir, hammer of the gods has been stolen Freya's magic, Loki does evoke, arrive in Utgard, wearing Freya's cloak "I have hid the hammer! Fight leagues below the Earth Bring me Freya's hand in marriage and the hamme...

Awaken to the nine of white Distant from the world above The waves come echoing from afar Transcending beneath the surface Embraced by the infinite abyss In the shadows a figure sits Contemplation across her face She eagerly awaits, Those who venture out to s...

Out from the cave the hound does call Broken fetters, the wolf runs free Much have I known and more I have seen The fate of the Gods prowess in war From the east with shield held high Hrym at the helm as waters rise In giant-wrath does the serpent writhe And...

You must make haste To her northern depths And bargain for The bright one's death Our journey ahead We lay claim to the sky Sharpen your blades And drink til you die Take this steed Through darkness you ride Crash the mighty gates Bring the second...

Desolation Within the burning abyss Flame of creation A light in this cosmic void From celestial sparks Come forth the worlds From vast nothingness Thought springs into being Opposition From ethereal cold Radiance of fire Creates a new form